1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular season champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Runner up
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#7
AP	#6
1968–69 record	23–5 (13–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	George King
Assistant coach	Bob King
Assistant coach	Joe Sexson
Assistant coach	Dave Toney
Home arena	Mackey Arena

1968–69 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Purdue	13	–	1	.929	23	–	5	.821
#20 Illinois	9	–	5	.643	19	–	5	.792
Ohio State	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
Michigan	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	14	–	10	.583
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Michigan State	6	–	8	.429	11	–	12	.478
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	12	–	12	.500
Wisconsin	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Indiana	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1968–69 NCAA men's college basketball season.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
November 30*	#10	at #1 UCLA	L 82–94	–	–	–	Los Angeles, CA
December 5*	#14	North Dakota	W 116–84	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 7*	#14	Miami (OH)	W 78–70	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 10*	#13	Butler	W 93–55	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 14*	#13	Ohio	W 100–89	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 20*	#12	vs. #15 California Sun Devil Classic	W 98–91	–	–	–	Tempe, AZ
December 21*	#12	at Arizona State Sun Devil Classic	L 80–85	–	–	–	Tempe, AZ
December 27*	#18	vs. Arizona Rainbow Classic	W 98–72	–	–	–	Honolulu, HI
December 28*	#18	vs. Columbia Rainbow Classic	L 74–78	–	–	–	Honolulu, HI
December 29*	#18	at Hawaii Rainbow Classic	W 97–68	–	–	–	Honolulu, HI
January 4		at Wisconsin	W 86–80	–	–	–	Madison, WI
January 7		#4 Illinois	W 98–84	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 25	#18	at Minnesota	W 102–79	–	–	–	Minneapolis, MN
February 1	#14	#12 Ohio State	W 95–85	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 4	#9	Iowa	W 99–87	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 8	#9	at Northwestern	W 97–85	–	–	–	Evanston, IL
February 11	#8	at #16 Ohio State	L 85–88	–	–	–	Columbus, OH
February 15	#8	Wisconsin	W 87–69	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 18	#9	at Indiana Rivalry	W 96–95	–	–	–	Bloomington, IN
February 22	#9	Northwestern	W 107–68	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 25	#9	at Michigan State	W 74–72	–	–	–	East Lansing, MI
February 28	#9	at Iowa	W 97–85	–	–	–	Iowa City, IA
March 4	#6	Michigan	W 116–87	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
March 8	#6	Indiana	W 120–76	–	–	–	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
March 13*	#6	vs. Miami (OH) NCAA Tournament • Regional Semifinal	W 91–71	–	–	–	Madison, WI
March 15*	#6	vs. Marquette NCAA Tournament • Regional Final	W 75–73 ^OT	–	–	–	Madison, WI
March 20*	#6	vs. #4 North Carolina NCAA Tournament • National Semifinals	W 92–65	–	–	–	Louisville, KY
March 22*	#6	vs. #1 UCLA NCAA Tournament • National Final	L 72–92	–	–	–	Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast.

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Roster

1968–69 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year
5.0 !C		Bavis, ChuckChuck Bavis	—	—
3.5 !F		Bedford, TyroneTyrone Bedford	—	—
3.5 !F		Faerber, GeorgeGeorge Faerber	—	—	2.0 !So
		Gilliam, HermHerm Gilliam	—	—	4.0 !Sr
5.0 !C		Johnson, JerryJerry Johnson	—	—
5.0 !C		Kaufman, FrankFrank Kaufman	—	—
		Keller, BillBill Keller	—	—	4.0 !Sr
1.5 !G		Longfellow, SteveSteve Longfellow	—	—
1.5 !G	10	Mount, RickRick Mount	—	—	3.0 !Jr
3.5 !F		Taylor, RalphRalph Taylor	—	—	4.0 !Sr
1.5 !G		Weatherford, LarryLarry Weatherford	—	—

Head coach

George King

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-Mar-06

Awards and honors

Highest scoring team in the nation

Rick Mount—1st Team All-America

Rick Mount—Big Ten Conference Player of the year

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	8	Herm Gilliam	Cincinnati Royals
7	86	Bill Keller	Milwaukee Bucks

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References

↑ 2015-16 Purdue men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2016-Mar-06.
↑ "1969 NBA Draft".

Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball

Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)

Rivalries	Indiana

Culture & lore	History Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!"

People	Head coaches Award winners

Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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